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Found out my neighborhood's recycling is just going to the dump anyway
I was reading a report from the city council website and it said only 12% of our plastics actually get recycled here in Phoenix. Has anyone else dug into their local recycling program and found out it's basically a scam?
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felix_hayes6414d ago
Man, I gotta push back on this a little. I mean, my buddy works for the waste management company here in Denver and he says their facility actually processes everything separate. They make big bales of cardboard and plastic to sell to manufacturers. Maybe it varies a lot by city, but I've seen the trucks dump cardboard at the recycling center near my work and they definitely didn't mix it with regular trash. I mean, it's not perfect, but calling it a full scam feels like we're ignoring that some places actually do the work. Maybe Phoenix just has a bad contractor or something.
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daniel47415d ago
Watch your cans on pickup day and see if the recycling truck dumps everything in with the regular trash.
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